January 5, 2010 - 16:27 AMT
Iranian ministry publishes list of 60 "enemy" organizations
Iran's Ministry of Intelligence has issued a list of 60 international organizations and media outlets regarded active in the "soft war" against the Islamic Republic regime. According to the Ministry, collaboration with media outlets such Radio Farda, \British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), Human Rights Watch, Freedom House and the George Soros-led Open Society Institute is considered criminal.


Following the protests to the alleged fraud in the June presidential elections that gave Mahmoud Ahmadinejad a new term, the Islamic Republic has repeatedly claimed that foreign powers are attempting to topple the government through a "soft war" or what the Revolutionary Guards referred to as "a velvet revolution," radio Liberty reports.